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Marine Corps Hornet and Harrier
aircraft.
Proposed Action
The proposed action would base and
operate a total of 12 F–35B (the Marine
Corps variant of the JSF) squadrons at
MCAS Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The
decision would include the basing of 10
active-duty squadrons, 1 Reserve
squadron, and 1 Operational Testing
and Evaluation (OT&E) squadron. The
F–35B is a next generation, stealth,
supersonic, multi-role fighter aircraft
that will replace aging Marine Corps
fleets of F–18 A/C/D Hornets and AV–
8B Harriers in the 3rd and 4th Marine
Air Wings.
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Purpose and Need
To meet any crisis or conflict that may
arise both now and into the future,
Marine Corps Aviation must be manned,
trained, and equipped to conduct worldwide air combat operations. For this
reason, technological superiority in its
air fleet is an essential requirement. The
purpose of the proposed action,
therefore, is to provide state-of-the art
F–35B aircraft to Marine Corps fleets by
replacing aging aircraft inventories. The
basing action would provide both the
facilities and functions to support and
maintain these new aircraft as well as
the airfields, airspace, and ranges to
train air crews in these next-generation
aircraft. The EIS may develop the need
for new missions on the Barry M.
Goldwater range and/or identify the
need and location for additional special
use airspace to support JSF training
functions.
Preliminary Alternatives
The Marine Corps developed a range
of reasonable basing alternatives in a
three-tiered alternatives development
process. The process applied the
purpose and need to identify potential
sites that could maximize JSF
integration into existing Marine Air
Ground Task Force organizations,
maximize utilization of existing
infrastructure and provide efficient use
of existing ranges. The alternative
development process identified five
preliminary basing alternatives. These
alternatives distribute differing
combinations of the F–35B active-duty,
reserve, and OT&E squadrons between
MCAS Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The
basing alternatives include:
• No-action alternative, where F–35B
aircraft would not replace F–18A/C/D
and AV–8B squadrons at MCAS
Miramar and MCAS Yuma. The noaction alternative, while required by
NEPA in order to measure potential
impacts, would not meet the purpose
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and need of the proposed action and
would prevent the Marine Corps from
fulfilling its assigned combat missions.
• Alternative 1 would base six
squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and five
squadrons and one OT&E squadron at
MCAS Yuma.
• Alternative 2 would base four
squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and seven
squadrons and one OT&E squadron at
MCAS Yuma.
• Alternative 3 would base seven
squadrons and one OT&E squadron at
MCAS Miramar, and four squadrons at
MCAS Yuma.
• Alternative 4 would base one
squadron and one OT&E squadron at
MCAS Miramar, and ten squadrons at
MCAS Yuma.
• Alternative 5 would base ten
squadrons at MCAS Miramar, and one
squadron and one OT&E squadron at
MCAS Yuma.
Environmental Issues and Resources To
Be Examined
The EIS will evaluate the potential
environmental effects associated with
each of the above alternatives. Issues to
be addressed include, but are not
limited to, biological resources, historic
and archaeological resources, geology
and soils, hydrology, water quality, air
quality, noise, safety, hazardous
materials and waste, visual resources,
socioeconomics, and environmental
justice. Relevant and reasonable
measures that could avoid or mitigate
environmental effects will also be
analyzed.
Additionally, the Marine Corps will
undertake any consultations required by
the Endangered Species Act, Clean
Water Act, National Historic
Preservation Act, and any other
applicable law or regulation.
EIS Schedule
This Notice of Intent is the first phase
of the EIS process and announces the
beginning of the public comment period
to identify community concerns and
local issues that should be addressed in
the EIS. The next phase occurs when the
Department of the Navy publishes a
Notice of Availability (NOA) in the
Federal Register and local media to
publicly release the Draft EIS. A 45-day
public comment period for the Draft EIS
will start upon publication of the NOA
in the Federal Register. The Department
of the Navy will consider and respond
to all public comments received on the
Draft EIS when preparing for the Final
EIS. The Department of the Navy
intends to issue the Final EIS no later
than October 2010, at which time an
NOA will be published in the Federal
Register and local media. A 30-day
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waiting period will start upon
publication of the NOA for the Final EIS
in the Federal Register. At the end of
this period, the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy will issue a Record of
Decision.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Partially Closed Meeting of the
Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of Partially Closed
Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Navy
(SECNAV) Advisory Panel will meet to
discuss recommendations for Military
Program Managers in the Department of
the Navy and strategies related to a
classified topic.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 6, 2009 from 8:45 a.m. to 2
p.m.
The morning sessions from 8:45 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. on February 6, 2009, will
be open to the public, and the afternoon
sessions from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
February 6, 2009, will be closed to the
public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
Room 1E840, in the Pentagon.
Access: Public access is limited due to
the Pentagon Security requirements.
Any individual wishing to attend will
need to contact LCDR Miriam Smyth at
(703) 695–3573 or CDR Cary Knox at
(703) 693–0463 no later than January 30,
2009. Members of the public who do not
have Pentagon access will be required
provide Name, Date of Birth and Social
Security number by January 30, 2009 in
order to obtain a visitor badge. Public
transportation is recommended as
public parking is not available.
Members of the public wishing to attend
this event must enter through the
Pentagon’s Metro Entrance between 8:45
a.m. and 9 a.m. At this entrance, they
will be required to present two forms of
identification in order to receive a
visitors badge and meet their escort.
Members obtaining visitor badges will
then be escorted to Room 1E840 to
attend the open sessions of the Advisory
Panel. Members of the Public shall
remain with designated escorts at all
times while on the Pentagon
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Reservation. Members of the public will
be escorted back to the Pentagon Metro
Entrance at 10:30 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins,
SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of
Program and Process Assessment 1000
Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350,
(703) 697–9154.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), the matters of these
classified sessions constitute classified
information that is specifically
authorized by Executive Order to be
kept secret in the interest of national
defense and are, in fact, properly
classified pursuant to such Executive
Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of the
Navy has determined in writing that the
public interest requires that portions of
this meeting be closed to the public
because they will be concerned with
matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of
Title 5, United States Code.
Individuals or interested groups may
submit written statements for
consideration by the Secretary of the
Navy Advisory Panel at any time or in
response to the agenda of a scheduled
meeting. All requests must be submitted
to the Designated Federal Officer at the
address detailed below.
If the written statement is in response
to the agenda mentioned in this meeting
notice then the statement, if it is to be
considered by the Panel for this
meeting, must be received at least five
days prior to the meeting in question.
The Designated Federal Officer will
review all timely submissions with the
Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel
Chairperson, and ensure they are
provided to members of the Secretary of
the Navy Advisory Panel before the
meeting that is the subject of this notice.
To contact the Designated Federal
Officer, write to: Designated Federal
Officer, SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office
of Program and Process Assessment
1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC
20350, (703) 697–9154.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY:
Department of Education.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information
Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management invites
comments on the submission for OMB
review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The IC Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes that notice
containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Type of Review: New.
Title: Transition to Teaching
Evaluation.
Frequency: Other-At the end of the
third year and end of final year of the
TTT grant.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
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Responses: 45.
Burden Hours: 45.
Abstract: This is a request for
approval to collect information from
Transition to Teaching (TTT) grantees
that will be used to describe the extent
to which local education agencies that
received TTT grant funds have met the
goals relating to teacher recruitment and
retention described in their application.
TTT grantees are funded for a period of
five years. Currently, grantees are
required by statute to submit an interim
project evaluation to ED at the end of
the third project year and a final project
evaluation at the project’s end. In turn,
the TTT program is required to prepare
and submit to the Secretary and to
Congress interim and final program
evaluations containing the results of
these grantee project evaluation reports.
An analysis of these reports has
provided some data on grantee
activities, but the poor quality of some
reports and missing or incomplete data
in others have made it difficult to
aggregate data across grantees in order
to accurately describe to Congress the
extent of program implementation. This
proposed data collection would allow
ED to gather data on a common set of
indicators across grantees to describe
program implementation, and to
investigate the conditions under which
projects have been successful at
recruiting, preparing and retaining
highly qualified teachers in high-need
schools in high-need LEAs.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from http://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 3908. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
401–0920. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Partially Closed Meeting of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory
Panel
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Advisory Panel will meet to
discuss recommendations for Military Program Managers in the Department
of the Navy and strategies related to a classified topic.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 6, 2009 from 8:45 a.m. to 2
p.m.
The morning sessions from 8:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on February 6,
2009, will be open to the public, and the afternoon sessions from 10:45
a.m. to 2 p.m. on February 6, 2009, will be closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 1E840, in the Pentagon.
Access: Public access is limited due to the Pentagon Security
requirements. Any individual wishing to attend will need to contact
LCDR Miriam Smyth at (703) 695-3573 or CDR Cary Knox at (703) 693-0463
no later than January 30, 2009. Members of the public who do not have
Pentagon access will be required provide Name, Date of Birth and Social
Security number by January 30, 2009 in order to obtain a visitor badge.
Public transportation is recommended as public parking is not
available. Members of the public wishing to attend this event must
enter through the Pentagon's Metro Entrance between 8:45 a.m. and 9
a.m. At this entrance, they will be required to present two forms of
identification in order to receive a visitors badge and meet their
escort. Members obtaining visitor badges will then be escorted to Room
1E840 to attend the open sessions of the Advisory Panel. Members of the
Public shall remain with designated escorts at all times while on the
Pentagon
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Reservation. Members of the public will be escorted back to the
Pentagon Metro Entrance at 10:30 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins,
SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of Program and Process Assessment 1000
Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, (703) 697-9154.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), the matters of
these classified sessions constitute classified information that is
specifically authorized by Executive Order to be kept secret in the
interest of national defense and are, in fact, properly classified
pursuant to such Executive Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of the
Navy has determined in writing that the public interest requires that
portions of this meeting be closed to the public because they will be
concerned with matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of Title 5, United
States Code.
Individuals or interested groups may submit written statements for
consideration by the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel at any time
or in response to the agenda of a scheduled meeting. All requests must
be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed
below.
If the written statement is in response to the agenda mentioned in
this meeting notice then the statement, if it is to be considered by
the Panel for this meeting, must be received at least five days prior
to the meeting in question.
The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions
with the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel Chairperson, and ensure
they are provided to members of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory
Panel before the meeting that is the subject of this notice.
To contact the Designated Federal Officer, write to: Designated
Federal Officer, SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of Program and Process
Assessment 1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, (703) 697-9154.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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